PERSONAL

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 11796, 21 February 1906, Page 7

PERSONAL

Miss A. Inkster, formerly a pupil at the Wanganui Girls' College, where she^ gained her 'B.A. degree, and who is now on the staff of the New Pymouth High School, has received word that she has gained her M.A. degree. Other pupils of the Girls' College who have just gained degrees are Misses A. Eastwood, J. Abernethy, W. Griffiths, and L. Beckingsale, who have gained their B.A. degrees, while Miases I. D. Bruce, F. Neilson, and T. Strack have passed the first section of the B.A. We congratulate these yaung ladies on their success. I

Mr W. G. Williams, an 'old boy" of the Wanganui Collegiate School, and son of the Rev. A. O. Williams, has passed the final examination tor his B.A. degree at Canterbury College.

There was another clean sheet at the Police Court this morning. The members of ft© Borough Council decided last night to pay a vifcit to the OkeMi waterworks on Saturday next. Captain Edwin telegraphs at 12.43 p.m. : Moderate to strong southerly winds, glass rise tides moderate, sea moderate, expect very cold night. A couple of charges of dynamite were exploded in the river opposite Durie's Creek to-day, in the hope of bringing the body of yoong Buckingham to the surface, but without result. The anembers of Mr Laird's gardening class are requested to meet him at the Virginia Nursery to-morrow (Thursday) aiteruoon at 3 o'clock. Aa many -as possible should come provided with budding knives, as "Budding" is the subject of the lesson. Imitation is said to be the sincerest flattery, but sometimes it leads to trouble. It almost led to a. free fight to-day in one of our back streets, when a schoolboy, anticipating the season of Czerny, the noted illusionist, attempted to give a display of his own, in imitation of that miruclo worker. His companions, being probably without the needful shilling to gain admission to the Opera House to-nipht, gathered round him to watch him juggling with two big stones. In attempting to get one of them into his pocket, he got it instead into one of the watchers' eyes, with the result that the latter promptly placed his fist over the would-be Czerny's own optic orb. After a conple of minutes' sparring, the combatants desisted, the injured one firing after the other the withering remark, "You call yourself a juggler !"

This afternoon a quiet but pretty weddiug was solemnised at the residence of tho bride's parents, Harrison Street, when Mr Gifford Remington, second son of Mr W. R. Remington, was married to Miss Millicent Herringshaw, eldest daughter of Mr H. Herringshaw, the ceremony being conducted by the Rev. A. Dewdney. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Doris Herringshaw, and Miss Remington, sister of the bridegroom, whilst Mr Percy Bailey acted as best man. After the ceremony a large number of guests partook of afternoon tea in a large marquee erected on a lawn at the rear of the house. The happy pair were the recipients of a large number of handseme amd valuable presents, among those received by the bride being a pretty tea set from her fellow, workers at Messrs R. H. White and Co.^s, and one from her employer, whilst thnee of the bridegroom included one from tho Wanganui Cadets, of which he was a lieutenant. Wo join in wishing Mr and Mrs Remington a happy and prosperous wedded lifo.